Senior Software Engineer (Backend)

About LandingAI:

LandingAI is leading the Visual AI revolution with a platform that empowers enterprises to unlock the value of their visual data. Our platform includes: 

- LandingLens™, our flagship enterprise solution for labeling, training and building deep learning vision models.

- VisionAgent™, our forward-looking AI Pilot for developers building end-to-end VisualAI solutions. 

Founded by Andrew Ng, co-founder of Coursera, founding lead of Google Brain, and former chief scientist at Baidu, LandingAI is uniquely positioned to lead the development of AI from a technology that benefits a few to a technology that benefits all.

About the Role:

As a Senior Software Engineer (Backend - Fullstack), you will be responsible for developing and maintaining the backend infrastructure for VisionAgent™, our generative Visual AI application builder. Your work will ensure the platform is scalable, secure, and high-performing, enabling users to create and deploy vision-enabled applications efficiently.

This role involves architecting AI-powered services, optimizing data pipelines, and improving developer experience through internal tooling and workflow automation. You will collaborate with Machine Learning Engineers, Product Managers, and other cross-functional teams to align technical solutions with business needs. Your contributions will directly impact the success of VisionAgent by enhancing its reliability and usability for end users.

• Owning and defining architecture for AI-powered applications and services, ensuring scalability, security, and maintainability across teams.
• Designing, developing, and deploying backend infrastructure and AI services with a focus on high availability, performance, and reliability.
• Leading cross-functional initiatives, collaborating with Machine Learning Engineers, Product Managers, and other teams to align technical solutions with business needs.
• Driving innovation by making strategic technical decisions, setting best practices, and mentoring engineers to elevate the team’s technical bar.
• Improving developer experience by building internal tooling, streamlining workflows, and optimizing deployment pipelines.
• Ensuring seamless data flow, building high-throughput, secure, and scalable data pipelines to support AI model training and deployment.
• Championing best practices in software engineering, ensuring high-quality code, rigorous testing, and well-documented design decisions.

• Required Skills:
• 5+ years of experience in software development, with a strong backend or full-stack engineering background.
• Expertise in backend development, with proficiency in Python or Node.js and modern web frameworks like FastAPI, Express.js, Next.js
• Strong software architecture skills, with experience designing and scaling distributed systems and cloud-based applications.
• Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes for containerization and orchestration.
• Database expertise, including SQL, NoSQL, and data streaming solutions.
• Experience working with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• Proficiency in software engineering best practices, including code reviews, unit testing, CI/CD pipelines, and system design.
• Ability to mentor engineers, foster collaboration, and drive alignment across technical teams.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to translate technical challenges into business impact.
• Flexible Work Hours willing to work flexible hours to coordinate with a globally distributed team. 

• Experience with Computer Vision, LLMs, or Large Multimodal Models (LMMs).
• Background in developer-facing products and building intuitive APIs.

• Stock Awards – We want you to share in our success with equity grants.
• Comprehensive Healthcare – Medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents.
• *Wellness Stipend – Support for your health and well-being, whether it’s fitness programs or self-care.
• *Lifelong Learning – An education stipend to help you grow and keep learning.
• Generous PTO – We know life happens outside of work, and we want you to enjoy it.
• *Global Team & Fun Events – Work with amazing colleagues across North America, Latin America, and Asia, and connect through virtual and in-person events.
• *Subject to country of employment

To succeed at LandingAI, you will have to fit well with our LandingAI Principles. Please take the time to read and understand them as they define who we are and what we look for in our candidates.

Although we are headquartered in Palo Alto, this role is hybrid for candidates based in the San Francisco Bay Area, with the expectation to work from our Palo Alto office 2-3 days a week. For candidates located on the West Coast (outside the Bay Area), this role is fully remote. The position also requires flexibility to collaborate with our international teams.